Using discernment
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Using Discernment to Make Decisions
A Reality Check 101 Workshopby Bill Kemp
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Someone having difficulties with the new reality
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Deciding your church’s future:
✓We could let an expert decide
✓We could take a vote✓Perhaps, we should
try discernme
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3 ways to make a decision
Authority, Majority, and Discernment (consensus)
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3 ways to make a decision
IMPLEMENTATIONRANGE
PROCESSTIME
LEADERSHIP EXPECTATION
Authority Soon Short Decisiveness
Majority Weeks or Months Medium Fairness
Discernment Long Long Resource provider
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Study & Prayer
Discernment involves entrusting small groups to intuitively find the
right path
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Transition Phase - Congregation is discerning it’s calling, identity, and process
(wilderness)
Management Phase - Congregation is changing to stick to its path
I wash, I rinse,I dry... then
I do it all over again!
Deepening Phase - Congregation is nurturing a
transformative faith
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Transition Phase - Congregation focuses on healing, adapting to change,
developing healthy decision making processes, reconnecting with the denomination, and
redefining the pastoral role
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Deepening Phase - Spiritual
formation is achieved through more worship, study, fellowship, and mission related activities
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Management Phase - Work is done to realign church structures
with church mission, vocation, and current reality
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What Cycle is Your Church in?
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Which restaurant is your church?
Mary’s Buffet